Lee Hurley Archives: 02/2022

Ainsley Maitland-Niles was benched by Jose Mourinho this weekend amid reports the Roma manager is not happy with the Arsenal man.

Jack Wilshere will be buying his kids Aarhus away shirts with the home one looking a bit too Spursy for his liking.

Former Arsenal defender, Gabriel Paulista, scored an absolute banger of a goal for Valencia in their game against Mallorca on Saturday.

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has revealed Joe Willock needed to be told he had to grow up, work harder and focus more after a rough period at the club for the 22-year-old.

Kieran Tierney has called Alexandre Lacazette ‘absolutely massive’ in an interview about the current club captain following Arsenal’s win over Wolves on Thursday.

Arsenal are now the clear favourites to seal a top four spot and a return to Champions League football according to data from FiveThirtyEight

Liz Truss has suggested that if an English club makes the Champions League final, due to be played in St Petersburg, they should boycott it, but as Mario Balotelli might ponder, ‘why always footballers?’

Matteo Guendouzi and Williams Saliba might be having a grand time at Marseille but the same cannot be said for Sead Kolasinac who has played just 78 minutes amid claims he is struggling to adapt to Marseille’s style of play.

Brentford manager’s Thomas Frank broke with the tradition of hilariously moaning about refereeing decisions after losing to Arsenal to say the Gunners were deserving winners.

Martin Odegaard has really started to shine in an Arsenal shirt and against Brentford, the Norwegian pulled off a delectable dummy that even had one commentator asking if he meant it.

Granit Xhaka seemingly turned down the captain’s armband on Saturday against Brentford after Alexandre Lacazette was subbed off, but Mikel Arteta says it was all a misunderstanding.

Websites and newspapers, particularly in the UK, are alive with reports that Serge Gnabry wants a return to Arsenal this summer, but does he really?

Former Arsenal youngster, Kelechi Nwakali, has been suspended by his club, SD Huesca.

Arsene Wenger’s influence on Aaron Ramsey is clear to see according to his new teammate at Rangers, Leon Balogun.

Josh Kroenke believes Arsenal fans should get behind his family’s vision for the club after the LA Rams won the Super Bowl and their attentions turn to London and the foundations they have in place.

Martin Odegaard has been tipped as a future Arsenal captain and the midfielder is excited about what is happening at the club he left Real Madrid to join.

Kieran Tierney says that Rob Holding is his best friend in the Arsenal team, although he has got very close with Jack Wilshere, who continues to train with the squad.

Yaya Sanogo is still without a club after 7 months and the former Arsenal frontman is pleading for a new home.

Wannabe Arsenal owner Daniel Ek and his company, Spotify, look to have found another avenue to get involved with football through a deal worth around £236m to sponsor Barcelona, including naming rights for the redeveloped Camp Nou.

Teesside University have teamed up with Arsenal’s Beth Mead to launch The Beth Mead Scholarship, designed to support students who have the potential to become professional footballers within the women’s game.